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Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer leaves for OpenAI

Google's vice president of engineering and a co-leader of its Gemini AI models announced Wednesday he is leaving the company to join OpenAI.

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2026-06-18 · 2 min read

Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer leaves for OpenAI

Published June 18, 2026 · Category: Finance

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Google's vice president of engineering and a co-leader of its Gemini AI models announced Wednesday he is leaving the company to join OpenAI.

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Originally published at www.cnbc.com.

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